Yehia Chahine

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-09-28 (77 years old)

Deathday

1994-03-18

Place of Birth

Giza, Egypt

Yehia Chahine

Biography

Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play Murtafat w Darag (Heights and Stairs). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene patriarch, in the Cairo Trilogy films. The three films, Bayn al-Qasrayn (Palace Walk, which is based on the Palace Walk novel) in 1964, Qasr al-Shawq (Palace of Desire) in 1967, and Al-Sukkariya (Sugar Street) in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad...

Acting

1954

1966

Tofahet Adam

as Youssef Bey

1991

The Pasha's daughter

as ElSayed Bey El-Monasterly

1972

The Lights

as مراد

1970

The Land

as Sheikh Hassouna

1969

The People Inside

as رفاعي

1988

All That Love

as ناصف الليثي

1942

If I Was Rich

as كمال خطيب وهيبة

1959

1957

Sleepless

as Ahmed Lutfy

1954

1945

El Mazaher

as Mahmoud El Banhawy

1960

1951

Son of the Nile

as الشيخ إبراهيم

1969

Bit of Fear

as الشيخ إبراهيم

1953

A Plot

as مراد

1944

1954

They Made Me a Criminal

as الشيخ حسن

1982

Bloody Destinies

as Hilmi Pasha حلمي باشا

1968

Rawaat El Hob

as محمود سالم

1957

Nisaa Fi Hayaty

as Ahmed Awad

1953

Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool

as بلال بن رباح

1950

1942

almutahama

as وكيل النيابة

1947

Solomon's Ring

as Mahmoud

1964

Between Two Mansions

as السيد أحمد عبدالجواد

1956

Where Did My Life Go?

as د. خالد

1952

Zeinab

as إبراهيم

1940

Dananeir

as زياد

1979

Alexandria… Why?

as British Ambassador

1973

Al Sokkareya

as Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad

1966

Mansion of Longing

as Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad

1945

Salamah

as عبد الرحمن القس

1969

A Bit of Torment

as الرسّام أحمد خالد

1972

The Barrier

as Salah صلاح

1964

1974

The Estranged Brothers

as El-Armany الأرماني

1979

Doubt, My Love

as عبدالرحيم

1964

The Teenagers

as Shams شمس

1958

1958

This is Love

as Hussein

1954

Pity My Tears

as Mamdouh Salem

1965

The Confession

as Ibrahim

1953

1946

Rawiyah

as Officer Samir Magdy

1947

1948

Laila Al Amriya

as Qais bin Al-Malouh

1950

Kisma wa Nassib

as Asem Shaker, Engineer

1966

1961

1965

باسم الحب

as عبد الغفار

1946

Production

1952

Isalu kalbi

as Writer

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